Batch 2015-17.

“I introduced myself as a chess player. And the first thing that followed was why I wanted to pursue Analytics, being a chess player. I said, I wanted to make an impact, also decision making plays a big role in analytics thus being a chess player gives me the apt mindset in the field. I gave real-life examples where I used chess playing skills and also highlighted my enthusiasm towards chess by describing how I view situations as a chessboard and how I involve members as pieces playing the game. The panelists gave me new situations to test my viewpoint by letting me turn the interview into a game of chess where the panelists and I were pieces on the board. I took up the problem and described various strategies that I had at my disposal. I spoke at length about the best strategy that I would deploy to win the game. They also asked about the factors which led me to pursue analytics like my placement in an analytics company and why I wanted to complete postgraduate studies. To this I replied, doing it now would help me save time and gain an early advantage which will be very valuable in the long run. My interview was relatively short compared to other candidates.”

“I was the first person to be interviewed at my center. The conversation started with current affairs and the morning news. The analytics projects during my engineering were heavily focused upon. Technical questions included topics like probability, regression, various types of regression and analysis of the quality of fit based on residual plots. The interview spanned around 15 minutes. In hindsight, I think it was a pretty short interview”

“My interview wasn't strictly a technical one. The few questions included questions on differentiability and continuity and other basic mathematical concepts. My interview majorly focused on how, in my view, my background of civil engineer with more than 4 years of experience in software industry would indulge in a career in analytics and add a different value and perspectives to the batch. The questions were not at all tough so I would advise the candidates to be firm in their basics”

“Having a background different from most of the other candidates, my interview was naturally quite unique in its own way. I expected a tough line of questioning from the panelists but my interview consisted of aptitude questions such as how I would find a method for the CEO of the company I work in to cross a river given that he doesn’t know swimming. There were also other puzzles such as -  Why manholes are round and simple mathematical questions covering number theory . The interview was around 20-25 minutes long.”

“My interview started with the description of my college and grades. I mentioned my college life and how I became inclined towards gaming, had all A’s in technical subjects, very high CAT score and a 10 pointer in internship. The rest of the interview was focused on IES and related questions to various fields in IES, questions on strength of material and on boilers and its parts (mechanical subjects). Technical questions were mostly around probability and statistics and its applications. Towards the end of the interview they also asked about my background and hometown related questions.”

“I started with my introduction and how I was in touch with analytics (Coursera courses). I also described my interests in fantasy football where one has to apply optimizations and statistics in decision making. Technical questions were based around matrices where they made a deep dive until they touched unfamiliar topics. Being a fresher from IIT Madras, they also questioned me about my college placement and my orientation towards this course rather than taking up a job. Thus my entire interview was based on the initial steer I had provided with my introduction.”

“The interview started off with the recurring question about my degrees- how I ended up studying both Economics and EEE.  Later, I was tested on my knowledge of econometrics, and the panel asked some conceptual questions on linear regression and decision making using hypothesis testing. This was followed by questions related to my projects and internships ."

“I steered my interview with my introduction towards my college project at USA and my job profile description. The questions covered as to how I could apply data analytics to these projects and how other projects such as six sigma projects are related to analytics. Among technical questions, most of them were based on geometry and also tested my creativity and open mindedness. I had applied through GATE and was oriented towards aerodynamics so I mentioned why I wanted to pursue an analytics career and implement analytics in aerodynamics sector. I highlighted my orientation with awards (NASA system engineering award-1st prize) and description of college project. Even though most of the other candidates had 15 minute interviews that day, mine was a lengthy 35 minute one.”

“Just like Avinash, I steered my interview with my introduction towards why I wanted to pursue analytics. I mentioned how I had researched and gained opinion about analytics from my peers and seniors and felt that the course aligns with my interests in mathematics and thus I can do justice to the course. Technical questions included mathematical ones (hyperbolic functions and their graphs, differentiation,1st differentiation principle and limit) but none on mechanical engineering.  I had also applied through GATE and was asked  the interview calls I had received. There were also questions based on puzzles and a few questions from written test which we had given during the pre-interview process.”

“My panelists began with questions about my background and current job profile and drifted over to mathematical questions covering even and odd functions and matrices. Other questions included optimization based questions and decision making problems such as the methods and parameters one would use to determine whether to provide a loan to an individual or not. There were also situational problems such as - Given that Ph.D students have a higher default rate but high profits and MBA students have lower default rate and lower profits, how would you define your business. Overall my interview was nice and the panelists were not grilling.”

“Prior to joining the course, I described my experience of a 6-month certification course in analytics. I was also asked about statistics. They asked in-depth questions on calculus going to the levels at which I could not solve. Since I have already done a PG course which used R programming language, Tableau tool and projects, I answered what subjects I learned during the course, experience of the course and my development of interest in PGDBA after completing the course. The interview was mainly focused on my interests in analytics.”

“I had my interview on the first day so I answered about the separate written test which was held for everyone during the process. There were questions on probability and Bernoulli process, distributions and questions related to formulae. I was also asked about my job experience which primarily focussed upon customer analytics and acquisition. I had left my job and travelled places which I described vividly along with blogs I wrote during the time. The interview also covered current affairs with my opinion about topics related to net neutrality (which was a trending topic at that time) .”

“I had applied using my GRE score and my interview led to questions about my decision to pick this course over general management. There were a lot of HR questions including my introduction and family background. I also faced technical puzzles such as how to increase sales of a petrol pump. Other technical questions were focused on probability, linear algebra and calculus. It was a short interview with questions based on topics on my areas of interest.”

“My experience is in databases ERP systems. The interview covered questions about my job experience and HR topics. Technical questions were mainly around basics of probability and probability density functions. He also asked about distributions and limit and continuity. I answered what would be my expectations from the course, the work culture of different companies I have worked in, statistics and its uses. It was a diverse interview with a lot of focus on statistics”

“I have worked on Mainframe computers which hold relevance in analytics so my interview focused on how they are currently prevalent in the industry and how they are slowly migrating to other systems. I also faced technical questions which were based on probability, statistics and permutations. There were times when I faced difficulties solving but the panelists were kind enough to provide me small hints which were enough to find the solution. My interview slot was the last one of the day yet it took 30 minutes to complete. However, the interview was focused both on my job and technical skills.”

“I had a 30-minute-long, quite formal interview. I faced general knowledge based questions, with technical questions mostly based on calculus and coordinate geometry and other topics such as binomial theorem. Since I am a fresher, I was also asked questions about my subjects in college.”

“My interview focussed on my introduction, job experience. They also asked why I wanted to join the course. They delved deep into the topic and also discussed my background and startup which my brother started. There were mathematical questions such as on functions, probability and definition with examples of basic topics such as mutually exclusive events. The interview also covered the questions around the written test which we gave during the interview process”

“My interview was mainly focused on college related topics including my project which happened to be based on education analytics. Thus my interview was skin deep focused on analytics and college project. I also answered technical questions on statistics and time series. Sometimes I could not answer completely but the panelists gave hints using which led to the solution. Project related questions covered use of statistics in the project, tools and software, sponsors. I was also asked about R programming language and many project specific questions. Technical questions were also based on quadratic equations and binomial theorem, simple and compound interest.”

“They asked about job description, my profile and college. Even with only 11 months of experience, the panelist questioned exhaustively on my job including job specific questions (physics simulations and SHM, its assumptions and characteristics and physical significance). Another major question was why analytics? I also answered queries about my undergraduate paper which was on neural networks, how they can be applied in the field of mechanical engineering. I gave an overview of the management related subjects during my college such as operations research, optimization and finance. Thus my interview was mainly filled with drilling questions on my job profile, SHM, mechanical engineering and college paper”

“My interview began around my job description and job profile and part time financial work. This took the interview towards the methods to analyze data. I faced only a couple of mathematical questions on integrations. They also questioned why I want to take PGDBA and applied using GRE score. I described how I had interests in mathematics and was planning to pursue MS in the same but found this course in India better suited to my profile. Overall my interview was mainly focused on my job experience and finance.”

“Apart from the questions related to why I wanted to join this course on analytics and my introductions, I answered about my job profile in analytics and projects completed so far. Having worked in both retail and healthcare analytics I was quizzed on statistical knowledge, data mining problems and mathematical questions from the written test. Overall my interview was focussed on how this course would benefit my progression as an analytics professional”